Pipeline - current member count is 126 organizations- New Members: NJR Home Services and Simple Energy as Associate- Lost Members: Good Company Associates, GE Grid Solutions, United Energy (Australia) - New 36th Conference Sponsors: EnerNOC as Gold; all 12 Sponsor Lounge spaces are sold out

36th/Cambridge Conference. Agenda online at www.peakload.org/?page=36thConfAgenda. Planning meeting conducted on-site on June 22. Session co-chair orientation webinar conducted on July 12. Acceptance/reject emails went to all submitters. Asgard Irish Bar will be location for Tuesday's Platinum Sponsor Party and Monday's member reception will be on the hotel's rooftop balcony.

Education Planning. Developing a new training course called "Evolution of Demand Response: Fundamentals and Path Forward" to be presented on Sept. 26 course in Portland at www.peakload.org/event/DREvolvePortland. The course will leverage repurposed slides from other training courses in response to a request from SmartGridNW and will be presented by volunteer instructors. A similar course will be presented on Oct. 25 in San Francisco in cooperation with the Calif. EE and DM Council at www.peakload.org/event/DREvolveSanFran.

Thought Leadership. This month's additions to the online PLMA Resource Directory include: PJM Interconnection's Demand Response Strategy; EPRI 2016 End-Use Energy Efficiency and Demand Response; Natural Gas Demand Response at SoCalGas®; and Insights from Leading-Edge Demand Response Research. Email your proposed resource directory description and materials to resources@peakload.org by the 10th of the month for inclusion in the monthly update. Abstracts have been accepted for a BYOT White Paper to be published later this year by PLMA in cooperation with the Thermostat Interest Group.

Distributech 2018, San Antonio. Our PLMA Award Winners panel has been accepted as a "mega session" presentation for Jan. 24 in San Antonio. Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in San Antonio will be the location for our meet-up breakfast on Jan. 23.

Member Meet-ups. PLMA staff facilitated Member Meet-up at breakfast during the Grid Evolution Summit on July 26 in Washington, DC and will do so again atIEPEC Conference in Baltimore on Aug. 8. Ed Thomas will moderate a session at the IEPEC Conference.

Personal message from Heather Manypenny: Friday, July 14th was my last day at New Hampshire Electric Cooperative. After nearly 26 years with NHEC in a variety of roles, I am retiring. Therefore, I must step down as a member of PLMA’s Executive Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you and PLMA for the last 3 years. Although I have not finalized my plans, I intend to do some consulting work in the electric utility field. Therefore, I am hopeful I will be able to work with some of you in the future. I will miss the “PLMA/ULME family” and plan to visit the conference location in Cambridge in November to be able to say “good-bye” (or “see you later”). Please stay in touch. I can be reached at heathermanypenny@comcast.net and 603-848-7552. I am also on LinkedIn. All the best, Heather Manypenny.

Pipeline - current member count is 126 organizations- New Members: none (see all at Member Directory)- Lost Members: Itron and Comverge membership merged under Itron listing; GE Grid Solutions - New Fall Conference Sponsors: ecobee as Gold; Energy Solutions & Opinion Dynamics as Silver; (see all at click here)

Women in Demand Management Group. Melissa Knous, Duke Energy and Erika Diamond, EnergyHub as the new Group Co-Chairs.

Member Meet-ups. GreentechMedia is providing a meeting room at San Jose Convention Center where PLMA can have a catered breakfast for a Member Meet-up on June 28 to be facilitated by the Women in DM group. SEPA will welcome us again for a Member Meet-up on July 28 at their Grid Evolution Summit event in Washington, DC. The breakfast meet-ups are free to all staff of PLMA member organizations, but please RSVP for each event at Event Calendar.

Thought Leadership Group. A process for monthly updates to the online PLMA Resource Directory has begun. Email your proposed resource directory description and materials to resources@peakload.org by the 10th of the month for inclusion in the monthly update.

36th/Cambridge Conference. 61 submissions were received and are being reviewed by the Conference Planning Group. The Group Co-chairs are Sandy Humenik, Whisker Labs; Mark Sclafani, Central Hudson G&E, and Brett Feldman, Navigant. They plan to announce the agenda in early July at www.peakload.org/event/36thconf.

Pipeline - current member count is 128 organizations- New Members: FleetCarma, Hydro One Networks, and Ecova as Associate
- Upgraded Members: Orange and Rockland Utilities, and Tendril to Sustaining
- Lost members: Murata Energy Solutions, Nature and People First; Power Over Time; UC Berkeley; UC Davis; UNC Charlotte - New Conference Sponsors: Many; listed at www.peakload.org/?page=36thConfSponsorListTraining Series at NV Energy. The value of presenting the DR Markets course adjacent to the DR Program Design and Implementation course at a utility location was further validated last week. Planning is underway to present the courses again this fall with several utilities expressing interest in being the host. If your utility is interested in hosting the courses in return for complimentary passes, email Tiger at tadolf@peakload.org.

Thought Leadership Planning Group. Group page launched at www.peakload.org/group/Thought. All PLMA member organizations are encouraged to designate a group member to help guide activities that include: speakers bureau; white papers; webcasts; and resource directory submissions. This group will be reviewing resource directory submissions prior to publication and speaker requests as received. Newest additions to the Resource Directory at www.peakload.org/page/ResourceDirectory are:- AEP Indiana Michigan Power's DR Service Emergency Program recording- DR Practitioner Implications in Utility Dive's State of the Electric Utility Report recording- 35th PLMA Conference, Nashville, Tennessee presentations - Explicit Demand Response In Europe - Mapping the Markets 2017

35th/Nashville Conference. Overview video is posted at 36th event site; conference photos and presentation slides are posted at www.peakload.org/?page=Resources35thPLMAwhich is accessible to all PLMA members regardless of whether they attended the conference. The home page slideshow has been updated at www.peakload.org.

36th/Cambridge Conference. The Conference Planning Group met prior to the call for presenters launch and notes are at www.peakload.org/group/ConPlan. All PLMA member organizations and Interest Groups are encouraged to designate a representative to help guide agenda content development and score session proposals.

37th/San Diego. Hotel del Coronado will be the site of the conference on April 16-20, 2018. Details to follow the Cambridge event.

37th/San Diego. Seeking proposals from San Diego metro area hotels for April 2018 event based on host utility interest from San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison.

Website Mobile Application. Colors on member-facing side of our website now align with public-facing colors. A mobile phone application called SocialLink is now available for download at Apple App Store and Google Play. When you login to the generic SocialLink application with your PLMA username/password you will see a customized splashpage called PLMAlink.

BYOT White Paper. Call for abstracts and details on this new PLMA Thought Leadership Group initiative in cooperation with Thermostat Interest Group is at www.peakload.org/?page=BYOTPaperCall

Pipeline - member count is 131 organizations- New Members:EnerNOC and RF Demand Solutions as Advisory- Member Upgrade: AutoGrid to Advisory- New Conference Sponsors:Franklin Energy Group as Platinum; Whisker Labs and CLEAResult upgrade from Gold to Platinum; EnerNOC as Silver

Award Program. Winners notified and will be announced in Nashville.

Nashville Conference. Registrations are over 200 people; see list at www.peakload.org/?page=NashvilleAttend. Sold out our Hilton room block (largest ever) and no other hotel offered an overflow rate. Swingin Door Saloon confirmed as Monday reception location (just 1/2 block from hotel with a private upstairs/patio). George Jones Museum is venue for Tuesday night's OffPeak Nashville Sponsor Party with private museum access and 2 bands in public spaces.

Pipeline - current member count is 129 organizations- New Members: Sunverge, LTR as Advisory; Enernex, CaSA, Seven States Power Corporation as Associate
- Member Changes: Safeplug changed to MindsWorth Center for Technology Innovation; Weatherbug changed to Whisker Labs- New Conf. Sponsors: ecobee, Whisker Labs as Gold; SEPA as Silver

Education Strategic Vision Team. Mark Martinez, SCE and Christine Riker, Energy Solutions have accepted as co-chairs to replace Michael Brown. NV Energy will host next training at NV Energy the week of May 8; DR Markets will be presented from 1 pm on Monday, May 8 to 12 noon, May 10, and DR Program Design and Implementation will be presented from 1pm Wednesday, May 10 to 12 noon on Friday, May 12. Details at www.peakload.org/?page=Training

ULME. Based on survey results, ULME will charge a $100 registration fee to help cover costs and reduce vendor participation for their Nashville post-conference meeting.

35th Conference in Nashville on April 3-5. Agenda now online and over 70 already registered. 15 session reviewers (most ever) participated in agenda planning. In response to a Conference Planning Group recommendation and support from past conference sponsors, PLMA Leadership has directed staff to produce a Sponsor Party as a Tuesday evening networking event from 7-9pm which will be open to all conference registrants at no additional cost compliments of all Conference sponsors. The party will be within walking distance of the hotel with open bar and a menu of “heavy” hors‘ oeuvres and entertainment to be determined in consultation with the Platinum-level sponsors.

Spring Conference Planning. 55 presentation submissions were scored last week (compared to 40 for Delray; 45 for San Francisco; and 34 for Charlotte) by 15 Conference Planning Group members ahead of on-site Conference Planning Meeting yesterday. Agenda will be announced in early February.

Fall Conference Venue Selected. Contract signed to meet at Hyatt in Cambridge, Mass. (i.e. across river from Boston) on Nov. 13-15, 2017.

DistribuTECH Presence. PLMA member organization staff are invited to a free Meet-Up Breakfast on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Detailsat www.peakload.org/event/Distributech2017. Executive Director is moderating a session featuring DTE, Gulf Power and KCPL co-chaired by Bob Donaldson, Duke Energy; and co-chairing another session on Storage. PLMA will be listed on Convention Center signage as an Association Partner.

Resource Directory. Added updates from FERC and NARUC Reports.

YourMembership Website Provider. After much back-and-forth, our association management system providers agreed to "rollback" their new Daily Digest feature introduced over Christmas holidays and let us know before they re-introduce.

This is a monthly update on PLMA activities for all individuals from member organizations listed at www.peakload.org/?page=MemberDirectory. This is being sent as a bulk email and is also a Community blog post at www.peakload.org/blogpost/1512926/PLMA-Member-Update.--------------------------------------------------------Pipeline - current member count is 122 organizations
- New Members: Advisory: Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (AEP), Snohomish PUD, Crius Energy, Dairyland Power Cooperative, Direct Energy, Capacity Market Partners; and Associate: Northwestern Rural Electric Cooperative (Penn.), EPRI
- Upgraded Members: Duke Energy and ICF to Sustaining
- Lost Members: MelRok, Rochelle Municipal Utilities
- New Board Members: George Pohndorf, Snohomish PUD; John Smith, Crius Energy; Nonette Surbaugh, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma; Greg Flege, Dairyland; Ade Dosunmu, Capacity Market Partners; Les Crittenden, Direct Energy
- New At-Large Reps: Laura King, Northwestern REC; Ram Narayanamurthy, EPRI
- 35th Conference Sponsors: Comverge as Platinum; Nest as Gold; Honeywell Smart Energy as Silver
-------------------------------------------------------------34th (Delray) Conference Wrap-up. Photos are updated on PLMA Home Page gallery from those on Resource Page at www.peakload.org/?page=Resources34thPLMA

35th (Nashville) Conference Planning. Great kick-off meeting with recording and notes on group page at www.peakload.org/group/conplan. Set on-site planning meeting for Jan. 18 from 9am-12n Central at Nashville Hilton. Launched call for presenters and opened attendee/sponsor registration at www.peakload.org/event/35thconf with a skeleton agenda and pricing same as in Delray.

Award Program Leadership Transition. Nick Corsetti, National Grid and Dain Nestel, CLEAResult with Paul Miles, PECO have agreed to take the reins from Brian Solsbee and Ray Pustinger. Staff has made significant upgrades to the past Award Winners page at www.peakload.org/?page=AwardWinners.

This is a monthly update on PLMA activities for all individuals from member organizations listed at www.peakload.org/?page=MemberDirectory. This is being sent as a bulk email and is also a Community blog post at www.peakload.org/blogpost/1512926/PLMA-Member-Update.--------------------------------------------------------Pipeline - current member count is 113 organizations
- New Members:
Sustaining: National Grid; Energy Masters USA
Advisory: New Brunswick Power, North Carolina Electric Cooperatives, Good Cents, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services Associate: City of Belmont (Mass.); Zen Ecosystems
- Member upgrades: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Weatherbug, Nexant, NTC, Tendril to Advisory; Bonneville Power Admin. to Sustaining - Lost members: Terralux, Mad Dash, Yardi
- New Board Members: Mike Unum, GE Grid Solutions; Jason Fielder, Energy Masters USA
- New At-Large Rep: James McPhail, Zen Ecosystems - New Conference Sponsors: Silver: CPower, Tendril, Sequentric
-------------------------------------------------------------Activities Election Season Update. Michael Brown of Berkshire Hathaway, NV Energy was elected Vice Chair in the recent special officer election to replace Elody Samuelson of Consumers Energy. The Executive Committee Election is now underwaywith nine candidates running for the Committee vacancies. Board members listed at www.peakload.org/?page=Leadership may vote electronically until Nov. 1 or choose to vote at the Board meeting on Monday Nov. 7 in Delray Beach just before the Fall Conference.

E Source Forum Member Meet-up. 15 RSVP’ed to attend, and Joe Childs handed out member placards to exhibitors along with some fall conference postcards.

Training Series in St. Louis. We received terrific reports about student engagement and instructor/mentor bonding regarding the course conducted at Ameren headquarters last month. Details will be shared at the Board Meeting.

Fall Conference Planning. Marriott Delray Beach survived Hurricane Matthew unscathed; latest registrant list of over 170 people is at www.peakload.org/?page=DelrayAttend. Our Marriott room block is full so we've published overflow hotel info on the website. Several agenda changes with Tuesday lunch expanded to 90 minutes. Monday's agenda has been repositioned as pre-conference Interest Group Activities (i.e. don't call them workshops) and clarified that single pre-conference registration allows participation in any/all with those using member/sponsor passes having no extra charge.

Customer Engagement Interest Group. Andrea Simmonsen, Idaho Power and Sharyn Barata, Opinion Dynamics will explore co-chairing a new group. Ward Eames, NTC and Joel Schofield, Threshold are interested in formation as well. A "kick-off meeting" is set for Monday, Nov. 7 in Delray Beach.

E Source Direct Load Control Benchmarking Study. Gary Connett, Great River Energy and Bob Donaldson, Duke Energy have been appointed as the PLMA liaison for an E Source study. Details will be shared at the Board meeting.

Website Enhancements. Conducting soft launch of new member profile interface that includes personalized URLs for all members. Goal is to make it easier and more compelling to sign-in to PLMA system for more than event registration. Also, streamlined member company subaccount (and nonmember attendee) registration process to be self-serving at risk of someone saying they are with a member company who isn't. Will police on back-end rather than be a gatekeeper on front-end. Still squashing IT bugs in system back-end since we are among the first of Yourmembership.com's clients to roll this out.

FAQs, Graphics, and How to Link with PLMA. Launched new public-facing pages to answer FAQs and explain PLMA's social media activities. See the new sub-tabs under the Resources tab on the public side of website.

Linkedn Group. Changed name of group to DR, Peak Load and DER Practitioners. Updated text to say anyone can view and comment on posts and join group, but only PLMA member organizations can post discussions. Deleting non-members who post shameless promotion.

- Pipeline - Current member count is 108 organizations (listing at www.peakload.org/default.asp?page=MemberDirectory). Updates since Spring Board meeting include:
- New Members: Salt River Project and Central Hudson Electric and Gas at Sustaining level; Puget Sound Energy, Idaho Power, Carina Technologies, and Mosaic Power at Advisory level; Arizona Public Service, Vectren, SEPA, and Sequentric at Associate level; and UNC Charlotte and UC Davis at Academic level.
- Member Name Changes: Sunovation is now Aquanta; Johnson Controls is now CPower; Alstom is now GE Grid Solutions
- Lost Members: Opower (now Oracle) and Efficiency Power-------------------------------------------------------------

Activities:

Officer and Executive Committee Elections. An election to fill the Vice Chair term vacated by Elody Samuelson is being conducted electronically from Sept. 21 to Oct. 4 among Board members so results are announced before electronic balloting for the Executive Committee for the 2016-2018 term is conducted from Oct. 19 to Nov. 1. Voting for the Executive Committee may also be done by Board members at the beginning of the Board meeting which will Monday, November 7 in Delray Beach, Florida.

Fall Conference. What would have been the 17th PLMA Fall Conference has been rebranded as 34th PLMA Conference to better leverage our marketplace longevity. We don’t say 34th ANNUAL but rather the 34th time that PLMA has presented a conference (see historical listing at http://www.peakload.org/?page=HistoryTwo ). Agenda format includes concurrent interest group meetings on Monday and an Intro to DR course on Wed-Thurs concurrent with ULME meeting. Event details at http://www.peakload.org/event/2016fall. Registration fees have been simplified to a member/nonmember conference rate along with a "Monday workshops" member/nonmember rate that includes lunch and ability for registrants to "float" among any/all the workshops. Our Marriott Delray Beach room block with very preferential pricing (try booking a room elsewhere and see) is sure to sellout ahead of our contracted Oct. 19 deadline. Hotel deal details at http://www.peakload.org/?page=2016FallAttend.

Interest Group Update: Behind-the-Meter Storage Group sponsored the Community Storage Initiative Leadership Forum in Minneapolis in July; participated in Congressional Briefings in June and September; and will co-produced a full-day workshop at the Fall Conference with DER Integration Group; Retail Pricing Group launched at http://www.peakload.org/group/Pricing with plans for half-day meeting in Delray Beach. Women in Demand Management Interest Group changed their name from Women in DR.

Web User Interface Upgrade. Staff is working with our association management system provider to launch a new member interface. Benefits include ability to link your PLMA profile password to your Linkedin or Facebook password, a mobile phone application, and a Directory function to allow for connections, postings and comments among individual members not seen by the general public (i.e. our own private Linkedin space).

Resource Directory. Staff modified website navigation to create a Resources tab at www.peakload.org/page/ResourceDirectory as a repository for curated content created by PLMA, members and allies.